Ancient China · Shang Ancestress

Mother of Qi 契母

Qi mu

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Qi was a Shang Ancestress.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 47

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Qi (契)
mother 母
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 47

Kinship Role sisters · Quantity plural sisters bathing with her
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 47

Events and relationships

Bathed and swallowed swallow egg
Ritual · Actor · At Xuanhou River 玄丘水
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 47

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 1 passage

契母與姊妹浴於玄丘水，有燕銜卵墮之，契母得，故含之，誤吞之，即生契。 Qi's mother and her sisters were bathing in the Xuanhou River, when a swallow carried an egg and dropped it. Qi's mother obtained it, so she held it in her mouth, mistakenly swallowed it, and then gave birth to Qi.